''' 
Copyright 2013 Robert Edger

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
'''

import pickle
import sys
import time
import redditConfig

def addUser(user):
    #the location of the pickle file
    pickleFile = redditConfig.pickleFile

    #try to load the pickle. if it doesn't exist, create it
    try:
        userList = pickle.load(open(pickleFile,'rb'))
        userList[user]=time.time()
        pickle.dump(userList,open(pickleFile,'wb'))
    except IOError:
        print 'no file'
        newList = {}
        newList[user]=time.time()
        pickle.dump(newList,open(pickleFile,'wb'))
    print 'user saved'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    #verify that we have a command line argument
    if not len(sys.argv)==2:
        print 'only takes on argument, a user name'
        sys.exit(1)

    addUser(sys.argv[1])




